SOC/WMS 377: Thailand: Social Changes and Inequalities
World Wide Course 2005-2006
Course Co-leader: Siti Kusujiarti
Course Co-leader: Keri Willever
Librarian: Mary Brown x3062
Office: Library (main level)
Library Resources
Find Country Information:
Britannica Online: Thailand
Country Watch: Thailand
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Countries and Their Cultures - Thailand
Library of Congress Country Studies: Thailand
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand
NationMaster: Southeast Asia - Thailand
SYB World (Statesman's Yearbook): Thailand
The World Fact Book (CIA): Thailand
Find Maps:
Thailand--from Country Watch.
Thailand--from Portals to the World.
Thailand Maps--from Perry-Castaņeda Library
Map Collection at the University of Texas Austin.
South-East Asia--from SunSITE Singapore.
Southeast Asia--from NationMaster.
Southeast Asia Outline Map--from Graphic Maps.
World--from the United Nations Map Collection.
Find Web Sites:
Selected Web Sites--for your class.
Web
Resources--arranged by
subjects
such as Foreign Countries
or
Sociology.
Searching
the Internet--search engines and directories.
Evaluating Web Pages--examples from Widener University's library.
Try these interdisciplinary, full-text periodical databases:
Academic Search Elite
InfoTrac OneFile
MasterFILE Premier
ProQuest
Research Library
Try these specialized, subject databases for
Social Sciences:
Annual Reviews
--full-text articles synthesizing primary research literature.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
--current information on international relations.
Contemporary Women's Issues
--full-text global information on women.
SIRS Researcher
--full-text articles on social, economic, political, and global issues.
Social Sciences Index
--international English-language periodicals including sociology.
Wilson Select
--full-text articles from Social Science Abstracts database and others.
WWC Periodical
Holdings--date coverage and format (electronic, paper, microform).
MCLN (Mountain College Library
Network) Periodical Holdings--journal information.
Selected WWC Books--electronic,
circulating, and reference titles for your class.
MCLN
(Mountain College Library Network)Catalog--titles in WWC and MCLN
libraries.
WWC
E-Books--over 50,000 electronic books in collections such as NetLibrary.
WorldCat--materials
in libraries worldwide, often available from Interlibrary Loan.
Get Materials From Other Libraries:
Use Interlibrary Loan
(ILL) online request forms to order journal articles and books not
available at WWC from MCLN and other libraries but be sure to allow time
for delivery.
Use Cooperative Borrower cards available at the Reference Desk to borrow
books yourself from UNC-A's library or from MCLN libraries.
Check
UNC-A's Catalog WNCLN (Western North Carolina Library Network).
Check the MCLN
Catalog for other MCLN libraries.
Use public library cards available at any Asheville-Buncombe Library System libraries.
Check the ABLS
Catalog
for Pack Library and branch libraries.
Cite Sources:
Online Style Guides
APA Style--examples from the American Psychological Association (APA) web site.
Social Sciences: Documenting Sources--APA examples from The Bedford Handbook.
Citing Sources--APA style documentation guidelines from Duke University Libraries.
Landmarks Citation Machine --interactive tool to create APA or MLA style citations.
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing--covers all aspects of college writing.
Books
The Bedford Handbook (R 808.042 H118b 2002 and copy at Reserve Desk)
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association(R 808.06615 P976 2001 and copy at Reserve Desk)
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other web sites or books, contact me by clicking here.
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